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“It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”

"For a wheelchair may confine a body that is wasting away. But no wheelchair can confine the soul... the soul that is inwardly renewed day by day.
For paralyzed, people can walk with the Lord.
Speechless people can talk with the Almighty.
Sightless people can see Jesus.
Deaf people can hear the Word of God.
And those like Tante Corrie, their minds shadowy and obscure, can have the very mind of Christ."

"Pity...sees a need at arm's length. Compassion reaches out to touch. Pity never becomes more than a feeling. Compassion compels us to act."

"... but if you're going to be a writer you need to read good books. They train you to write, build up your mind."

"Wooden ships! When great passions and great aspirations stirred a country, shapes like these formed along its shores to be the sheath of its valour."